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Image:Annapolis Royal.jpg|Van No. 97 behind [[DAR0552|locomotive No. 552]] in [[Annapolis Royal]]. | Image:Annapolis Royal.jpg|Van No. 97 behind [[DAR0552|locomotive No. 552]] in [[Annapolis Royal]]. | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR20517a 001 aa cs.jpg| CSTM image of caboose 97 on back of possible freight train. | ||
File:CSTM-MAT000558.jpg | Van No. 97 on back of a possible freight train. | File:CSTM-MAT000558.jpg | Van No. 97 on back of a possible freight train. | ||
Revision as of 13:44, 23 November 2014
Dominion Atlantic Railway Van No. 97.
Built by Rhodes Curry, circa 1900 as a three window van.
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Van No. 97 behind locomotive No. 552 in Annapolis Royal.
CSTM image of caboose 97 on back of possible freight train.
Van No. 97 on back of a possible freight train.
Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger Van No. 97.
A converted ex-baggage car (1), it was originally Baggage Car No. 55, built in 1897 at Rhodes Curry in Amherst, a sister car to baggage cars No. 54 and No. 56. It was converted to a van and re-numbered 97 in December 1911.(2) No. 97 was often used on the rear end of Train No. 99 & Train No. 100, night train with sleeper, coach or freight cars.
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References and Footnotes
- (1) Jeff Pinchbeck, CPHA, email note 2008-06-06
- (2) "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4
External Links
Van #97 from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image MAT000558.
